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Oaxaca
Telixtlahuaca pegmatites
Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: feldspar, muscovite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Granitic pegmatite dikes in Oaxacan basement rock, quarried historically for feldspar and mica
Documented pegmatite field in Mexican geological survey and mineral references.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
loose quarry walls
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